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UNITED STATES Fatefiiid .Tanuary E5, 1964;

PATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG WERTHEIM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. STEINHARDT & BROTHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,900, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed August 24, 1903. Serial No. 170,529. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG WERTHEIM, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention refers to bolts that are adapted to be worn more particularly by women and is one in which there is a stilfness from the front or clasp plates around the sides toward the rear. This stiffness is more particularly to prevent the belt from becoming misplaced or riding up on the waist, the rest of the belt being free and loose. This belt more particularly sets forth a stifiness that is caused by plates that are curved around to the approximate shape of the front part of the body at the waist and at the same time extend downward from the sides toward the front, thereby giving a dip or drop to the front part of the belt as compared to the sides. The plates of the buckles at the front are also in sliding relation to the belt itself and can be slidup and down to regulate their position as compared to the drop of the belt.

With these ends in view my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which'will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference refer to similar parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt as made after my new construction, and Fig. 2 is a view of one of the curved plates that extends from the side of the belt to the front, showing the front plate and the side plate, as will be evident.

As shown in Fig. 1, the belt comprises a loose back portion 10 and the two curved portions 11 on either side, these curved portions curving in relation to the formation of the body and at the same time curving downward to the center, Where they meet in the usual ornamental clasp plate or buckle 12. This view shows the general outline of the belt, and it will be seen that there is a decided dip to the front portion, which at present is very much in vogue with womens wear.

In Fig. 2 I show one of the curved plates not at all essential.

of a belt, this clasp-plate being shown plain; butit is understood that it may meet or may be secured to a plate of any ornamental configuration. The curved plate 13 is secured by means of a plate 15, to which it is fastened, to the staple or bar 16 of the plate 14 by means of the clips 17, aswill be seen from Fig. 2. The staple or bar 16 is longer than the width of the plate 15, and this gives the plate end across the spring-plate 13 a longitudinal sliding movement along the bar 16. In this way it will be seen that the plate 14.

is adjustable in relation to the front part of the body portion of the belt. On the opposed end of the spring-plate 13 is any form of clip or securing device 18, which is shown plain and is secured to the end of the spring-plate 13. This spring-plate 13 is made of springrsteel or any other suitable resilient material-such as, for instance, whalebone--but the material is When the belt is to be made up, the cloth or whatever material is to be used in the manufacture of the belt is passed through the clip 18 down over the outside of the spring-plate 13, thereby hiding it, and can be secured around the staple 16. In this way the plate 14: is left free to be adjusted with the corresponding plate on the other spring-plate of the belt 13.

It will be seen that the belt made according to this specification will have a certain amount of stiffness combined with resiliency from about the sides to the front of the belt. It will also have a certain amount of drop toward the front, and in addition to this the buckle-plates or face-plates of the buckle are adapted to be adjusted vertically in relation to the belt to either increase the dip effect or relive it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described belt attachment comprising opposed curved plates made of springy material, each plate having at one end an oifset-clip to receive a belt and permit the inside of the plate to lie flatv against the wearer, a pair of engaging clasp members, and a connection between the clasp members and plates consisting of the elongated staple 13 being secured to the front clasp-plate 14 on the clasp-backs and the knuckles on the by which the clasp members may be adjusted :0 plates which permits the clasp members to be vertically in relation to the plates. adjusted vertically in relation to the plates. In Witness whereof I have signed my name 2. The herein-described belt attachment to this specification in the presence of two 5 comprising curved plates of springy material, subscribing Witnesses.

Witnesses:

WM. H. OAMFIELD, 7 E. G. DUNBAR.

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